Accessibility

Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall offers world class facilities for people with disabilities.

Visitors with a disability are invited to join Southbank Centre's free Access List. By registering you may be eligible for tickets at concessionary prices, to bring a companion whose ticket is free who can assist you during your visit, to receive information in alternative formats etc.. For a form visit Southbank http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/visitor-info/access, email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk or call the Southbank Centre Ticket Office on 0844 875 0073.

For the hard of hearing, the auditorium is fitted with Sennheiser infra-red systems. Head-sets can be collected from the cloakroom in the Royal Festival Hall.

Concessionary tickets for people with disabilities are not available online. Please telephone the Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office on FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717, or email us at boxoffice@philharmonia.co.uk and we will be happy to help.

Level Access and Booking for Wheelchair Users There is level access throughout the Royal Festival Hall from the internal lifts (some of the lifts have a limited weight capacity; please call 0844 875 0073 to confirm), and there are wheelchair spaces in the boxes, choir seats, side and rear stalls of the auditorium. Tickets for wheelchair spaces can be booked online, or by phone at the Philharmonia Orchestra Box Office, FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717.

Subscription discounts are also available for wheelchair users.

Southbank Centre has a number of wheelchairs for visitors to use, subject to availability. If one is required please request one on arrival at the Artist's Entrance.

With 2013 being the Centenary year for Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Esa-Pekka Salonen discusses his relationship with this seminal work, and its continuing relevance in a 21st century context.